Carpet and rug fastener



May 1, 1928. 1,667,937

w. KERNOCHAN CARPE'Z AND. RUG FASTENER .1

Filed Oct. 15. 1926 Patented May I, 1928.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM KERNOCHAN, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

CARPET AND RUG FASTENER.

Application filed October 15, 1926. Serial No. 141,742.

This invention relates to fastening devices for use in retaining carpets, rugs and the like in fixed position on a floor; and the object of the invention is to provide a device of the class specified comprising; an attaching plate part and a pin member detachably coupled with said part, and retained in fixed position with reference thereto, the pie member being insertable into a tubular socliet mounted in the floor; a further object being to provide the plate part with upper and lower series of spring members engaging the upper and lower faces of a flat head on said pin member in retaining the same in connection with said part, and two of the springmembers on the lower face of said part engaging the shank of the pin adjacent the head; a further object being: to provide a plate part having contracted and flared end portions provided with apertures whereby said part may be secured to the lower face of a carpet or rug; and with these and other objects .in view, the invention consists in a device of the class and for the purpose sej'ieciiied, which is 3 simple in construction, ellicient in use, and

which is constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following: specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a carpet or rug illustrating my improved devices mounted in connection therewith.

Fig. 2 is a sectional "iew through one of my improved fastening devices illustrating the method of its use.

Figs. and 4t are perspective views of that part of the device which is attached to the rug or carpet, detached; and,

Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the parts of the device.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, 1 have indicated at 10, a part of a rug or carpet to the lower face of which is secured, adjacent the edges thereof, a number of attaching plate parts 11 fashioned from sheet metal and'substantially crescent-shaped in form having, a convex edge 12 and a concave edge 13, which oin in contracted and rounded end portions 1d having apertures 15 there1n. The apertures 15 permit of the passage of threads therethrough and through the carpet or rug 10 in securing the part 11 in position.

The central portion of the part 11, adjacent the convex edge 12 is fashioned to form two sets of spring members, one set comprising the members 16, 16 and 16" while the other set comprises themembers 17, 17 and 17". The members 16, 16 and 16 are pressed upwardly to a slight extent, while the members 17, 17 and 17 are pressed downwardly to a slight extent, forming be tween the lower faces of the upper members and the upper faces of the lower members, a socket, into which the flat head 18 of a pin 1hr is adapted to be placed. The head 18 is placed into the socket from the lower face of the part 11 bypassing first over the upwardly pressed spring members 16 and upon the members 17 and 17". As the head of the pin is forced inwardly, it engages the member 17 which functions also as stop. In this inward movement, the shank of the pin .18 adjacent the head 18, frictionally passes between the adjacent ends of the members l7 and 17", and enters arc-shaped recesses 17 on said adjacent faces Thus, the pin or the head 18 thereof is firmly held in position and retained against accidental displacement from the part 11. However, at will, the pin may be removed from the part 11 by exerting sufficient pressure, in

the direction of the convex edge 12 of the plate, especially when it is desired to remove the pins for the purpose of cleaning or packing or shipping the carpet or rug. 1

It will be understood that in the use of the device, the pin l8 passes into a tubular socket 19 mounted in the floor 20,the upper end of said socket being flush withthe surface of the floor, while the lower end of said socket is pressed inwardly as seen at 21 a slight extent to provide for a frictional engagement of the pin 18" with thesocket to retain the same in position. It will be noted that in securing the part 11 to the carpet or rug, the end portions 14 are directed outwardly toward the edge of the carpet or rug, so that any inward stress or pull in the tendency to wrinkle the carpet or rug and to slip over a floor surface will be taken up directly on the head 18 of the pin 18 by the engagement of the member 17 therewith, thus preventing possible accidental displacement of the part 11 from thepin in this movement of the carpet or rug.

It will be understood that while I have shown a device employing a plate part of specific shape or form, that my invention is not necessarily limited in this respect, and various other changes in and modifications of the construction herein shown and described may be made within the scope of the appended claim Without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A carpet and rug fastener comprising a substantially fiat metal head for attachment to the underside of a carpet, said head having tongues stamped out of the underside thereof, and a nail having a head located be tween said tongues and held in position by the said tongues against lateral nmvenient in the direction of strain upon the carpet, the top of the head of the nail hem; separated from the underside of the said carpet by a portion of said head.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have sinned my name this 11th day of October, 1926.

IVILLIAIVI KERNOCHAN. 

